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Iberian daggers and swords were later adopted by Hannibal and his Carthaginian armies. [21] The Lusitanii, a pre-Celtic people dominating the lands west of Iberia (most of modern Portugal and Extremadura) successfully held off the Roman Empire for many years with a variety of innovative tactics and light weapons, including iron-bladed short ...
The falcata has a single-edged blade that pitches forward towards the point, the edge being concave near the hilt, but convex near the point. This shape distributes the weight in such a way that the falcata is capable of delivering a blow with the momentum of an axe, while maintaining the longer cutting edge of a sword, as well as the facility to thrust.
Although fencers from the Iberian Peninsula developed a reputation for using very long weapons, the weapons used in destreza were generally shorter than the rapiers used elsewhere. Gradually, bladework in Europe was influenced by the works of Camillo Agrippa and successors, focusing on the use of four primary hand and blade positions ( prima ...
Knightly dagger; Late Middle Ages. Anelace (14th century long English dagger, worn as an accoutrement) Baselard (14th century long cutting dagger) Bollock dagger, rondel dagger, ear dagger (thrust oriented, by hilt shape) Poignard; Renaissance. Cinquedea (broad short sword) Misericorde (weapon) Stiletto (16th century but could be around the ...
The dagger was a common weapon of assassination and suicide; for example, the conspirators who stabbed Julius Caesar used pugiones. [3] [4] The pugio developed from the daggers used by the Cantabrians of the Iberian peninsula. [4]
Pugio: Roman dagger Rhomphaia : Greek single-edged straight or slightly curved broadsword – blade 60–80 cm (24–31 in) – for slashing (primary) and thrusting Spatha : Celtic/Germanic/Roman one-handed double-edged longsword – blade 50–100 cm (20–39 in) – for thrusting and slashing, used by gladiators, cavalry and heavy infantry ...
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The South-Western Iberian Bronze is a loosely defined Bronze Age culture of Southern Portugal and nearby areas of SW Spain (Huelva, Seville, Extremadura). It replaced the earlier urban and Megalithic existing in that same region in the Chalcolithic age.